List of old SIT estates

This page was split up from /singapore/hdbfloorplans/ which became too long, after I wrote too much information about demolished SIT estates, which is not of interest for typical visitors of my website who are looking for floorplan of standing HDB blocks.

List of SIT developments:

Note: SD = Street Directory, actual building year unknown so I have indicated the year of first Street Directory which displayed the street around blocks.

near Lorong Limau, first houses ever built by SIT, built in 1932, unknown demolition year, lack of info (source).

Tiong Bahru pre-war, 20 blocks, about 700 flats, built in 1936-1939, now conserved.

New Bridge Road Estate (in Central), unknown number of blocks built in 1938, demolished in 1975, replaced by Kreta Ayer Centre.

near Upper Pickering Street (in Central), 5 blocks, 3 residential and 2 offices, 9 floors, built in 1952 being the first high-rise public housing in Singapore and first buildings infamous for suicide jumpers. Last two demolished in 2003.

Outram Hill (in Central), 3 blocks, 122 flats, built in 1953 (source: NAS), do not confuse with Outram Park built by HDB in 1963.

Rayman Estate (in Kallang), built year unknown, last seen in SD 1966 (may be this the real name of 1932 estate at Lorong Limau?)

Durham Estate and Owen Estate (in Kallang), 18 blocks of unknown type built late 1940s, 17 of them demolished in 1970s and redeveloped as Kampong Java Estate. Block 25 Owen Road, 2-storey with 12 shops and 12 flats, was the first SIT block built after war in 1947, it was demolished in 2013.

Norfolk Estate and Tasek Utara Estate (in Kallang), unknown number of blocks and their type, built late 1940s, demolished in 1980s for Central Expressway.

Princess Elizabeth Park Estate (in Bukit Batok), 24 blocks, built in 1951, demolished 1996 (source: ijamestann.blogspot.com). 16 artisans shops and quarters, 84 flats in six 3-storey blocks, few years later 84 more flats were added in two 7-storey blocks.

St. Michael’s Estate (in Whampoa), build starting from SD 1958, was planed as a big estate of terraced houses, but just few were built before SIT was dissolved, and HDB scrapped original plans and built it using 10-storey blocks. An unknown number of 9-storey SIT blocks were built, demolished around 1990.

Plus many small estates or isolated blocks in or around Central Area, demolished long time ago and forgotten

SIT also started work at Alexandria Hill, Kampong Tiong Bahru and MacPherson Road estates in 1959, but the blocks themselves were completed by HDB.

Tiong Bahru Estate, old map and old aerial view (1936-1953)Notice in the aerial view, 3 blocks under “Trust” word? they are on Outram Hill and I appreciate if anyone can tell me more info! (do not confuse with Outram Park built by HDB in 1963)
See more Tiong Bahru photos on Wikipedia

Queenstown, the first “Satellite Town” being built far away from city, was started in 1952.

The first neighborhood – Princess Margaret Estate (today known as Dawson) was finished in 1959. Using the aerial photo, I count about 1700 units in blocks 31-128, cannot count the blocks 1-30 and 129-135. The block 39 “Forfar House” was completed in October 1956, having 14-storey it was the tallest residential building in Singapore until 1963 when the 20-storey “Selegie House” was built, also known for suicide cases. Seven 7-storey blocks were built nearby, all other blocks were 3/4-storey and terraced houses. Demolition began in 1990s and was completed in 2001.

In late 1950s the work just begun for Neighborhood II – Duchess Estate and Neighborhood V – Queen’s Close Estate, both were almost completely demolished in late 1990s.
SIT was dissolved in 1960, HDB took over construction of Neighborhoods II and V and started Neighborhood III – Commonwealth and Neighborhood IV – Tanglin Halt, completing the Queenstown in 1964, with 17,500 flats.
In addition of the original plan, HDB added Neighborhood VI – Mei Ling (late 1960s) and Neighborhood VII – Buona Vista, comprising Dover, Ghim Moh and Holland Village (1970s), making a total of 7 neighborhoods and about 27,000 flats.

Old map: British proposal of Queenstown composed mostly by terraced units, different than the actual town, vs HDB proposal in 1960 with redesigned Commonwealth and Tanglin Halt neighborhoods (notice that Mei Ling was not yet proposed) Source: nas.gov.sg.

Queenstown Princess Margaret Estate map and old photo of Forfar House
(notice that south-west part of map is a different proposal than what was actually built)

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